The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-06

will not make "a single crate.
/ planted early in the spring,
And thought I'd make good fat thing"
Dalusive hope. Oh, I'm disgusted
My dream of wealth completely busted.
Oh. who'd have thought this cruel wave
Would lay our bean crop ia Its grave:
Old Mar, h has truly raised breeze
We've Lost on beans that made on peas
Oh. who would plant delusive be ans:
zach failure but our pocket cIeaus.
Oh. who wi now thy praises ng
Thou cash absorbing, festive thing,
IT'S but little faded" bean
No single flower can here be seen;
Yet precious memory round 1t cllr gs
| Ii bore our cash away on wings,
| And it will new more return
| The crop amt worth a single du n
| Bean growers know it's yelling
Ills gone. like Tom Wards geese" helling."
Oh. kings and princes. lords and dt kes
| How fOndly we nurse our ''cukes;'
| And should We split upoa this r. ck,
| Wen find the bottom of the sock
| PIT. Chamberlain, a colored man, will
open a night school, at the high school
on Orange street, next week, for colored
youths. He will probably get up a
large class.
a ball will be given at the Opera
House tonight for the benefit of the
Italian band, which is located here for
this winter. The band will furnish its
best music.
| Messrs. j. F. Speck & Son received
yesterday splendid lot of new shell, al
ligator and bug jewelry. The bugs are
handsomely mounted, and make very
beautiful ornaments.
We regret to announce that an old
signment of all his goods and property
for the benefit of his creditors. Mr.. w.
j. Vinegar is the assignee.
The work of filing in the low places
on Lemon, Second and Third streets has
greatly improved the roadway of these
much travelled streets. and the cleaning
out Of the old bitches will no doubt as
greatly improve the sanitary condition
of that portion of the city.
Do not forgel the fact that the rattle
for the beautiful little doll, for the bene-
fit of the Ladies' Memorial Society, will
take place at Kerstings drug store to-
day. Also, do not forget to secure one
or more chances for the same if you have
not already done so. 1t is worth trying
to get.
The City Council have a number of
men at work opening Lemon street out
to the grant line, of which so much COM
plant has been heard, and it will be put
in splendid condition now. The open
ing of this street will prove great con-
venience to the people of the Rice Creek
neighborhood.
Mr.. B. J. Grooms has got on his war
paint. and it will not be healthy for GER
tain parties if he can get at them. Tues
day night, in a spirit of malicious mis-
chief, some one tore down his signs and
placed some of them in the middle of the
street, and so badly injured his large
cloth sign that it had to he taken down
and made over. Mr.. Grooms is mad, and
he has a right to be. We hope he will
find out the parties guilty of this mis-
chief, and give them the fun benefit of
the law.
The fine cluster of oranges brought us
yesterday by Mr.. Frank johnson, of
Norwalk, were on exhibition at tbs PhCe-
nix and Putnam Hotels, and attracted
universal attention on account of their
beauty. There was an even dozen on
| tho hnnch and Nnrthorn frinn1s
went into ecstacies on looking at them.
THE NEWS, after all had had an oppor-
tunity to see them. presented the bunch
to Rev. Sam. w. Small, the evangelist,
who declared that it was onv of the f.
nest lunches he had ever seen, and said
he would send it 10 his wife.
Mr.. Frank johnson, of Norwalk,
brought us on yesterday one of the most
beautiful clusters Of oranges we have
ever seen. There are a dozen on twig
the size Of lead peucil, all perfect, all
symmetrically placed, and the whole
full. rounded and complete" Mr.
johnson has made his grove by the
might of his own right hand. He had
no capital but industry and energy, and
the ease now guaranteed TO his declin-
ing years is only due to the work done
in the past. We hope all his oranges
will be as beautiful as those he brings
Us, and that the frosts of the future
may touch his grove and his health as
lightly as those of the past few days.
Mr.. Johnson has been a subscriber to
THE News since the first issue, and re-
newed on yesterday. From this connec-
ton and his abundant success a valuable
moral may be drawn.
The Savannah Morning News